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Doug Watkins

real name Douglas Watkins

Detroit, United States · 1934-03-02 – 1962-02-05

Doug Watkins is credited on 1,708 releases across 290 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,708

Credits

290

Albums

8

Decades active

355

In collections

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American jazz bassist
Born March 2, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan, died February 5, 1962 in Holbrook, Arizona (automobile accident)

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1,708 releases · 290 albums · active 1955–2025

  • Performance · 2,010
  • Other credits · 2

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Café Bohemia · L'Olympia

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